Being Greek under Rome : Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire
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' ... this is a rich and stimulating collection ... the issue of Greek cultural identity and self-fashioning is well explored through an impressive variety of detail.' Journal of Roman Studies
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These especially commissioned essays open up a fascinating and novel perspective on a crucial era of Western culture. In the second century CE the Roman empire dominated the Mediterranean, but Greek culture maintained its huge prestige. At the same time, Christianity and Judaism were vying for followers against the lures of such an elite cultural life. This book looks at how writers in Greek from all areas of Empire society responded to their political position, to intellectual authority, to religious and social pressures.
Being Greek under Rome: Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire,Simon Goldhill,Cambridge University Press,0521663172,Ancient - Rome,Ancient, Classical & Medieval,Civilization,Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D,General,Greek influences,History,History - General History,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics,Rome,Sophists (Greek philosophy),Ancient Rome,BCE to c 500 CE,Europe,European history: BCE to c 500 CE,History of religion,Language Arts & Disciplines / General,Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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